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 62 STAT.] GERMANY: US/UK AREAS-ECONOMIC COOPERATION-JULY 14, 1948 shall be applied for such payment on a basis at least as favorable to the United States as that accorded the United States for imports made pursuant to the memorandum of agreement between the United States and the United Kingdom dated 2 December 1946, as revised and supplemented, relating to the economic integration of the United States and United Kingdom Zones of Germany. 4. With respect to assistance furnished by the Government of the United States of America to the United States/United Kingdom occupied areas and procured from areas outside the United States of America, its territories and possessions, the Military Governors will cooperate with the Government of the United States of America in ensuring that procurement will be effected at reasonable prices and on reasonable terms and so as to arrange that the dollars thereby made available to the country from which the assistance is procured and used in a manner consistent with any arrangements made by the Government of the United States of America and such country. Article II (General Undertakings) 1. In order to achieve the maximum recovery through the employ- ment of assistance received from the Government of the United States of America, the Military Governors will use their best endeavors to assure: a) the adoption or maintenance of the measures necessary to ensure efficient and practical use of all the resources available to the United States/United Kingdom occupied areas, including (i) such measures as may be necessary to ensure that the com- modities and services obtained with assistance furnished under this agreement are used for purposes consistent with this agreement and, as far as practicable, with the general purposes outlined in the schedules furnished by the Mili- tary Governors in support of the requirements of assistance to be furnished by the Government of the United States of America; and (ii) the observation and review of the use of such resources through an effective follow-up system approved by the Organization for European Economic Cooperation; b) the promotion of industrial and agricultural production on a sound economic basis along healthy non-aggressive lines; the achievement of such production targets as may be established through the Organization for European Economic Cooperation; and when desired by the Government of the United States of America, the communication to that Government of detailed proposals for specific projects contemplated by the Military Governors to be undertaken in substantial part with assistance made available pursuant to this agreement, including whenever 61 Stat., Pt. 3. p. 2475; Pt. 4, p. 3608. Measures for practi- cal use of resources. Post, p. 2291. Promotion of indus- trial and agricultural production. 2283

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